City wall of Jaipur
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Ariel view of Walled City
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Jaipur walled city gate, 1907.
The Jaipur city wall is the city wall encircling the old Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India.
History[]
It was built in 1727 when the city was founded by Maharaja Jai Singh II.
Features[]
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Zorawar Singh Gate
The wall is six meters high and three meters thick. There are seven gates in the wall. The gates are:
- Chandpole
- Surajpole
- Ajmeri gate
- New gate
- Sanganeri gate
- Ghat gate
- Samrat gate
- Zorawar Singh Gate
References[]
- Building Jaipur: the making of an Indian city By Vibhuti Sachdev, Giles Henry Rupert Tillotson
- Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Categories:
- City walls
- Gates in India
- Infrastructure completed in 1727
- Buildings and structures in Jaipur
- Tourist attractions in Jaipur
- History of Jaipur
- City walls in India
- Indian building and structure stubs